The first Dollar Baby Film Festival in the USA was in the end of 2004. Just a year after StephenKingShortMovies.com was started.

As part of the 1st Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival, Paranoid will screen at the University of Maine at Orono on September 25th at 7:00PM in the Corbett Business Building’s 300+ seat theater. The event will include two hours worth of rarely-seen adaptations of King’s works and a Q&A with directors following. Tickets will be $5 at the door and the proceeds will be donated to the Wavedancer Foundation, to support artists injured in accidents. Tickets are on sale the night of the show on a first come, first serve basis. No reservations.

Here is the play list for the 1st Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival held on September 25 in Maine:

The Woman in the Room, directed by Frank Darabont

The Lawnmower Man, directed by James Gonis

Strawberry Spring, directed by Doveed Linder

The Road Virus Heads North, directed by Dave Brock

Paranoid, directed by Jay Holben

Last Rung on the Ladder, directed by James Cole & Dan Thorn

Lucky Quarter, directed by Robert Cochrane

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away, directed by James Rennt (World Premiere)

In 2005 the 2nd Dollar Baby Film Festival was at the University of Maine at Orono on September 30th and October 1th in the Corbett Business Building’s 300+ seat theater. Tickets will be $5 at the door and the proceeds will be donated to the Wavedancer Foundation, to support artists injured in accidents. Tickets are on sale the night of the show on a first come, first serve basis. No reservations.

The 2nd Annual Dollar Baby Film Festival will feature:

A Friday (September 30, 2005) night Premiere of Stephen King’s Gotham Cafe, produced by Julie Sands and adapted in part by Bev Vincent. A screening of Riding the Bullet, directed by Mick Garris will follow. Directors and producers will be on hand for a Q&A. This event will take place at Cinema 10 in Bangor at 8PM. Tickets are $8.

Then, on Saturday Oct. 1, the fest moves to the Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine in Orono. Screenings are divided into three blocks of films and two panels, beginning at noon.

Panels on Saturday will include “How to Deliver Your Own Dollar Baby”, featuring many directors who have already been through the process. And “A Conversation and Booksigning with Rocky Wood”, author of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished.

In 2010 (almost five years later) there was an official Dollar Baby Film Festival in the USA. Thanks to Hadrian Belove from Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles (cinefamily.org). Can we inform you that on October 2nd & 3rd an Dollar Baby Film Festival is. Address: 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles Tickets: FREE admission/$10 suggested donation or call (323) 655-2510